Interesting Links

Articles

Voices of VR: State of the AR ecosystem. 2018

Discussion of current AR ecosystem: hardware, applications, etc.

Michael Abrash F8 2nd day keynote. 2018

Contemporary look at AR by Michael Abrash, a leader in the AR/VR fields.

ARKit and ARCore will not usher massive adoption of mobile AR

Interesting exploration of a real time point cloud database for the world. Article also raises many questions about privacy, legislation, etc. that are coming our way.

Michael Abrash F8. 2015

AR works via interface between devices and brain. Talk is a great primer on how our mind works, which is necessary to understand how AR works.

A Survey of Augmented Reality Technologies, Applications and Limitations. D.W.F. van Krevelen and R. Poelman. 2010

Survey of AR up to 2010. Many examples of applications and a great complimentary reading to Azuma 1997.

mediaBlocks: Physical Containers, Transports, and Controls for Online Media Brygg Ullmer, Hiroshi Ishii, and Dylan Glas 1998

Strong example of conceptual integrated physical/digital objects, presented through an explanation and analysis of mediaBlocks.

A Survey of Augmented Reality: Ronald T. Azuma, 1997.

Survey of AR up to 1997. Many examples of applications and great representation of the then current state of AR.

Living in Augmented Reality: Ubiquitous Media and Reactive Environments. William Buxton, 1997.

Nice article to understand one groups exploration of presence and interaction through devices.

Designing Calm Technology. Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown. 1995

Short read that fosters compelling viewpoint of technology/human interaction.

Websites and Projects

Romantic App. Claudia Hart and class. 2015

Playful modifications of museum installed paintings through the use of AR.

artisopensource

Interesting projects.

MIT Tangible Media Lab

Years of interesting projects.

QR_Stenciler and Hobo_QR_Codes

Compelling synthesis of old and new communication/technology.

Second Front

Performance art and action within virtual worlds.